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Switchcars

Altfuture · 2021-04-30

Steam

ActionIndieRacing

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 04, 2016 (Linux), Mar 04, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In a science experiment gone wrong, there's only one way to survive - traverse dynamic environments in over 1300 realistic vehicles, as fast as possible.

Switchcars is an Action, Indie, Racing game released in 2021, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 467 reviews).

1
playing now
90%
positive of 467 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (32 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.3k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 467 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2026-03-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920162026Week of 2016-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$2.242016-03-042026-03-182016-03-04 — best price $8.092016-03-11 — best price $8.992016-03-12 — best price $8.992016-11-01 — best price $6.502016-12-25 — best price $6.022017-01-02 — best price $8.992017-06-22 — best price $6.022017-07-05 — best price $8.992017-12-21 — best price $6.022018-01-04 — best price $8.992018-06-21 — best price $6.022018-07-05 — best price $8.992021-04-30 — best price $8.092021-05-07 — best price $8.992021-06-24 — best price $6.022021-07-08 — best price $8.992021-08-20 — best price $5.842021-09-06 — best price $8.992022-05-02 — best price $6.022022-05-09 — best price $8.992023-10-02 — best price $6.022023-10-09 — best price $8.992024-05-13 — best price $4.492024-05-20 — best price $8.992026-03-04 — best price $2.242026-03-18 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionAliensArcadeRacingRunnerDrivingRogue-likeRogue-liteReplay Value

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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